Shot of Trivia

The color of a bourbon can tell you two things about it: its age and its strength. While there are some exceptions, a lighter-colored bourbon will as a general rule be younger and lower-proof than a darker one. Note: This…

While many bourbon fans like to exhibit a superiority to their Scotch-drinking friends, the truth is that bourbon owes its resurgence to that other whisky. The popularity of single-malt Scotch led master distiller Elmer T. Lee to introduce single-barrel Blanton’s…

This month marks the 75th anniversary of the date (March 1, 1938) on which all whiskey that was to be designated “straight whiskey” had to be aged in unused charred oak barrels, according to regulations set up by the government after Prohibition….